Living in Brampton

In Brampton, tenants pay an average rent of €1,283 a month (2025) and unemployment is 13.3% (2021).

Population density was 2,469 people per km² in 2021. Foreign-born residents accounted for 59.6% of the population in 2021. The unemployment rate was 13.3% in May 2021. 31% of renter households spent at least 30% of income on housing in May 2021. In May 2021, the foreign population was 137,040. The city covered 266.7 km² in 2021.

Last checked 2026-10-1027 sources

Population656,480people1 Jan 2021Official source · Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Brampton (Census subdivision 3521010)

Median gross salary3,137EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · Statistics Canada

Average rent1,283EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision

Unemployment rate13.3%country median 8.4% — 58% aboveOfficial source · Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population

Recorded crime4,296incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, Canada, provinces, territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Canadian Forces Military Police

PM2.5, annual mean3.55µg/m³country median 3.6 — 2% belowOfficial source · Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate.

Higher unemployment than 92% of Canadian cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 69% of Canadian cities that publish it.

Which Canada-wide rules apply when you move to Brampton?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

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Housing and cost

What recurs every month6 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Private kindergarten€836

Utilities, 85 m² flat€225

Transport pass€84

Internet, 60 Mbps€54

Fitness club€29

Mobile plan, 10 GB€28

Supplemental estimate lane; these items are not official statistics.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Fitness club membership, monthly	28.6 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2²⁷Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	54.2 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2²⁷Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Private kindergarten, monthly	836 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2²⁷Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Meal at an inexpensive restaurant	10.5 EUR	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2²⁷Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Mobile plan, 10 GB	27.74 EUR/month	31 Jul 2026	Cost of Living in Brampton. Jun 2026. Prices in Brampton²⁶Commercial estimate · Supplemental context
Monthly transport pass	83.99 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2²⁷Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Basic utilities, 85 m² home	225 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2²⁷Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Households spending over 30% of income on rent	31 %	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population¹⁹Official
Dwellings	189,086 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹¹Official
Main residence dwellings	182,472 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
Average monthly rent (two-bedroom)	1,288 EUR/month	31 Oct 2023	CMHC Urban Rental Market Survey — Average Rents in Urban Centres (CSD table), October 2023²Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	1,283 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision¹Official

Is Brampton a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker26%strong on work, weak on safety · range 17–35%

Skilled employee53%strong on work, weak on safety · range 45–61%

Student35%strong on education, weak on work · range 27–43%

Family49%strong on family, weak on cost · range 40–58%

Retirement36%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 25–47%

Work and income

What is the typical salary in Brampton?

The median gross salary is about 3,137 EUR/month (2020). The regional series (home-region basis, 2020) is a separate labelled row in the table.

City-scope median, gross, before tax and social contributions.

Median gross salary: 3,137 EUR/month · Statistics Canada¹³
Median gross salary (regional): 2,331 EUR/month · 2026-09-17 · www150.statcan.gc.ca²²

What is the unemployment rate in Brampton?

The unemployment rate is 13.3 % (May 2021). Source: Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population¹⁹

Unemployment across cities in CanadaUnemployment in Brampton is 13.3%. Of 515 cities with data, 125 have unemployment of 6 to under 8%.

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Brampton 13.3%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Public employment offices	1 count	15 Sept 2026	Service Canada — Brampton office list¹⁰Official
Employment rate	57.9 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
Median gross salary	3,137 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	Statistics Canada¹³Official
Median gross salary (regional)	2,331 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	www150.statcan.gc.ca²²Official
Unemployment rate	13.3 %country median 8.4%	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population¹⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Brampton?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€779of €2,453 take-home

Rent
Utilities
Transport
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€2,453
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision · 2025-12-31	− €1,283
Public transport pass€84 · market price · Global Cost of Living · 2022-12-31	− €84
Utilities, 85 m²€225 · market price · Global Cost of Living · 2022-12-31	− €225
Internet€54 · market price · Global Cost of Living · 2022-12-31	− €54
Mobile plan€28 · market price · Cost of Living in Brampton. Jun 2026. Prices in Brampton · 2026-07-31	− €28
Left over	€779

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Public employment offices in Brampton

Service Canada lists 1 public employment office in Brampton (checked 2026-09-16). Use the official office finder for addresses and appointments; registration and job search are also available online through the national service below.

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The office count comes from the service's own directory. Individual addresses and opening hours are not listed here yet. Sources checked through 16 Sept 2026.

Safety

How safe is Brampton?

Police recorded about 4,296 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, Canada, provinces, territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Canadian Forces Military Police³

Recorded crime across major citiesBrampton highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Winnipeg7,894

Edmonton7,108

Halifax6,020

Vancouver5,438

Calgary4,796

London4,743

Québec4,630

Ottawa4,298

Hamilton4,257

Toronto4,177

Gatineau3,756

Montreal3,674

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	4,296 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, Canada, provinces, territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Canadian Forces Military Police³Official · county

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Workers commuting by bicycle	0.1 %	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population¹⁹Official
Workers commuting by public transport	10.3 %	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population¹⁹Official
Workers walking to work	1.4 %	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population¹⁹Official
Destinations from nearest airport	147 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat⁸Official
Nearest airport	YYZ	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official
Distance to nearest airport	12.3 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Brampton. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

IRCC newcomer language-learning services finder — State Language Course

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Brampton.

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Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 3.55 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 9.4 µg/m³ in 2024.

Is the air quality good in Brampton?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 3.5 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

PM2.5 — annual mean: 3.55 µg/m³ · Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate.⁶

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.53.5WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1014.1WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂9.4WHO 10 · EU 40

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in CanadaAnnual PM2.5 in Brampton is 3.6 µg/m³. Of 123 cities with data, 46 have annual PM2.5 of 3 to under 4 µg/m³.

1–22–33–44–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1113–1415–1616–1717–1820–2140–41

Brampton 3.6

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	9.4 µg/m³country median 7.0	2024	Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 station DMean observation retained at source grain; no place value is asserted because the approved 25 km observation condition is not met.⁷Official
PM10 — annual mean	14.14 µg/m³country median 10.5	2024	Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate.⁵Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	3.55 µg/m³country median 3.6	2024	Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate.⁶Official
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 13.19 · Feb 15.65 · Mar 25.89 · Apr 25.32 · May 32.95 · Jun 35.97 · Jul 36.97 · Aug 38.32 · Sep 35.46 · Oct 30.17 · Nov 22.48 · Dec 16.46 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁴Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -27.69 · Feb -31.4 · Mar -26.24 · Apr -18 · May -3.99 · Jun 3.4 · Jul 6.78 · Aug 8.19 · Sep 2.78 · Oct -4.95 · Nov -14.19 · Dec -24.29 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁴Official
Average temperature by month	Jan -6.16 · Feb -5.96 · Mar -0.73 · Apr 5.72 · May 12.85 · Jun 18.78 · Jul 22.32 · Aug 21.46 · Sep 17.44 · Oct 9.73 · Nov 3.11 · Dec -2.66 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁴Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Brampton?

The published population was 656,480 people in 2021. Source: Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Brampton (Census subdivision 3521010)¹⁷

Foreign residents and their share come from different publications that count different groups (for example citizens of another country, or people born abroad, or of foreign origin), so 137,040 is not 52.9% of the population. Each row names its source.

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport79.1%
Foreign residents20.9%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Area	265.9 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
City area	266.7 km²	2021	Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021 (Brampton, CSD 3521010)¹⁶Official
Foreign-resident share	52.86 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁴Official
Foreign residents	137,040 people	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile 2021 characteristic 1512: not Canadian citizens, population in private households, 25% sample data, at CSD grain. This is the exact foreign-citizenship interpretation used for foreign population total; it is not immigrant status.¹⁸Official
Population density	2,469 people/km²	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile 2021 characteristic 6: population density per square kilometre at CSD grain. This is the exact CSD value; it is not a CMA or province observation.¹⁸Official
Population	656,480 people	1 Jan 2021	Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Brampton (Census subdivision 3521010)¹⁷Official

Population over time22 published observations, 2001–2022

309,089

465,355

621,622

777,888

745,55720012005200920152022

Population rose 118.4% between 2001 and 2022, from 341,420 to 745,557.

International community in Brampton

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data	343,690	100.0%
Asia	236,120	68.7%
India	159,585	46.4%
Americas	59,680	17.4%
Europe	29,110	8.5%
Jamaica	22,210	6.5%
Pakistan	20,400	5.9%
Africa	17,815	5.2%
Philippines	15,305	4.5%
Guyana	13,920	4.1%
Sri Lanka	12,325	3.6%

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Published group	People	Share
Other places of birth in Africa	9,380	2.7%
Other places of birth in Americas	8,640	2.5%
Other places of birth in Asia	8,120	2.4%
Trinidad and Tobago	7,345	2.1%
Portugal	7,125	2.1%
United Kingdom	6,830	2.0%
Nigeria	5,385	1.6%
Viet Nam	4,950	1.4%
Italy	4,210	1.2%
Iraq	4,050	1.2%
United States of America	3,245	0.9%
Poland	2,995	0.9%
Afghanistan	2,910	0.8%
Bangladesh	2,550	0.7%
China	2,525	0.7%
Other places of birth in Europe	2,475	0.7%
El Salvador	1,430	0.4%
Colombia	1,050	0.3%
Germany	975	0.3%
Oceania and other places of birth	965	0.3%
Egypt	860	0.3%
Netherlands	755	0.2%
Hong Kong	705	0.2%
Iran	650	0.2%
Croatia	645	0.2%
Somalia	640	0.2%
Mexico	590	0.2%
Syria	590	0.2%
Romania	580	0.2%
Peru	570	0.2%
Ethiopia	540	0.2%
Lebanon	505	0.1%
Turkey	490	0.1%
Greece	465	0.1%
Ukraine	445	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	425	0.1%
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	390	0.1%
Brazil	385	0.1%
Russian Federation	380	0.1%
South Africa, Republic of	360	0.1%
Serbia	355	0.1%
Korea, South	315	0.1%
Haiti	290	0.1%
Hungary	280	0.1%
France	165	0.0%
Taiwan	150	0.0%
Morocco	120	0.0%
Eritrea	85	0.0%
Algeria	55	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²⁰

Citizenship

Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data	650,160	100.0%
Canadian citizens	513,120	78.9%
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over	382,890	58.9%
Not Canadian citizens	137,040	21.1%
Canadian citizens aged under 18	130,235	20.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²⁰

Language spoken at home

Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data	650,820	100.0%
Single responses	579,760	89.1%
Official languages	359,800	55.3%
English	357,675	55.0%
Non-official languages	219,955	33.8%
Non-Indigenous languages	219,950	33.8%
Indo-European languages	182,510	28.0%
Indo-Iranian languages	167,395	25.7%
Indo-Aryan languages	164,810	25.3%
Punjabi (Panjabi)	114,145	17.5%
Multiple responses	71,065	10.9%

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Published group	People	Share
English and non-official language(s)	67,835	10.4%
Gujarati	16,195	2.5%
Dravidian languages	15,685	2.4%
Urdu	15,405	2.4%
Hindi	13,560	2.1%
Italic (Romance) languages	11,300	1.7%
Tamil	10,790	1.7%
Austronesian languages	6,260	1.0%
Spanish	5,940	0.9%
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	5,505	0.8%
Afro-Asiatic languages	4,860	0.7%
Semitic languages	4,435	0.7%
Sino-Tibetan languages	3,740	0.6%
Portuguese	3,710	0.6%
Chinese languages	3,660	0.6%
Balto-Slavic languages	3,300	0.5%
Slavic languages	3,295	0.5%
Austro-Asiatic languages	3,140	0.5%
Vietnamese	3,055	0.5%
Iranian languages	2,570	0.4%
Malayalam	2,500	0.4%
Arabic	2,245	0.3%
French	2,125	0.3%
Niger-Congo languages	2,050	0.3%
Telugu	1,990	0.3%
Bengali	1,920	0.3%
Aramaic languages	1,910	0.3%
Yue (Cantonese)	1,895	0.3%
Persian languages	1,880	0.3%
Polish	1,840	0.3%
Mandarin	1,565	0.2%
Italian	1,450	0.2%
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	1,420	0.2%
Dari	1,360	0.2%
Nepali	1,355	0.2%
Multiple non-official languages	1,310	0.2%
Akan (Twi)	1,175	0.2%
English and French	1,080	0.2%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	865	0.1%
Marathi	710	0.1%
English, French and non-official language(s)	680	0.1%
Pashto	615	0.1%
Serbo-Croatian	605	0.1%
Creole languages	485	0.1%
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	425	0.1%
Russian	420	0.1%
Yoruba	410	0.1%
Kannada	365	0.1%
Croatian	360	0.1%
Cushitic languages	350	0.1%
Somali	315	0.0%
Turkic languages	290	0.0%
Turkish	270	0.0%
Iranian Persian	270	0.0%
Ilocano	260	0.0%
Persian (Farsi), n.o.s.	250	0.0%
Tai-Kadai languages	225	0.0%
Korean	220	0.0%
Uralic languages	205	0.0%
Sindhi	205	0.0%
Romanian	205	0.0%
Sign languages	200	0.0%
Lao	200	0.0%
Hungarian	200	0.0%
Morisyen	175	0.0%
Serbian	175	0.0%
Germanic languages	175	0.0%
Cebuano	170	0.0%
American Sign Language	165	0.0%
French and non-official language(s)	165	0.0%
Greek	160	0.0%
Indo-Aryan languages, n.i.e.	155	0.0%
Ukrainian	150	0.0%
Amharic	140	0.0%
Creole, n.o.s.	130	0.0%
Igbo	100	0.0%
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	100	0.0%
Kacchi	100	0.0%
Albanian	95	0.0%
Swahili	90	0.0%
Macedonian	90	0.0%
Low Saxon-Low Franconian languages	90	0.0%
Konkani	90	0.0%
Khmer (Cambodian)	85	0.0%
Dutch	85	0.0%
Oriya languages	85	0.0%
Hiligaynon	80	0.0%
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	80	0.0%
Tibeto-Burman languages	75	0.0%
Maltese	75	0.0%
High German languages	75	0.0%
German	75	0.0%
Aramaic, n.o.s.	65	0.0%
Creole languages, n.i.e.	65	0.0%
Armenian	65	0.0%
Bosnian	65	0.0%
Odia	65	0.0%
Haitian Creole	60	0.0%
Czech	60	0.0%
Kurdish	60	0.0%
Japanese	60	0.0%
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	55	0.0%
Chadic languages	55	0.0%
Hausa	55	0.0%
Bulgarian	55	0.0%
Bisaya, n.o.s.	50	0.0%
Slovak	50	0.0%
Hakka	45	0.0%
Tigrigna	45	0.0%
Indonesian	45	0.0%
Sign languages, n.i.e.	40	0.0%
Ga	40	0.0%
Oromo	35	0.0%
Jamaican English Creole	35	0.0%
Edo	35	0.0%
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	30	0.0%
Shona	30	0.0%
Wu (Shanghainese)	30	0.0%
Burmese	30	0.0%
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	25	0.0%
Oriya, n.o.s.	25	0.0%
Nilo-Saharan languages	20	0.0%
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	20	0.0%
Chinese, n.o.s.	20	0.0%
Tibetan	20	0.0%
Thai	20	0.0%
Tulu	20	0.0%
Slovene (Slovenian)	20	0.0%
Mwani	15	0.0%
Other languages, n.i.e.	15	0.0%
Harari	15	0.0%
Bikol	15	0.0%
Pangasinan	15	0.0%
Krio	15	0.0%
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	15	0.0%
Kashmiri	15	0.0%
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	15	0.0%
Indo-European languages, n.i.e.	15	0.0%
Ganda	15	0.0%
Lingala	10	0.0%
Ndebele	10	0.0%
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	10	0.0%
Azerbaijani	10	0.0%
Indigenous languages	10	0.0%
Berber languages	10	0.0%
Coptic	10	0.0%
Malay	10	0.0%
Baltic languages	10	0.0%
Frisian	10	0.0%
Baluchi	10	0.0%
Éwé	10	0.0%
Wolof	5	0.0%
Karenic languages	5	0.0%
S'gaw Karen	5	0.0%
Finnish	5	0.0%
Hebrew	5	0.0%
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	5	0.0%
Waray-Waray	5	0.0%
Latvian	5	0.0%
Lithuanian	5	0.0%
Celtic languages	5	0.0%
Afrikaans	5	0.0%
Scandinavian languages	5	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²⁰

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents born abroad	59.6 %	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population¹⁹Official
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher	30.3 %	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Table 98-10-0387-04: highest certificate, diploma or degree²¹Official
Households	182,470 households	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
Labour force participation rate	66.8 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
Median age	36 years	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁵Official

Alternatives for people set on Brampton

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Oakville as a Brampton alternative in the same region

27 km away, better on 4 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

Median gross pay, city: €4,956 Oakville vs €3,137 Brampton+58%
Median gross pay, region: €3,486 Oakville vs €2,331 Brampton+50%
Nearest airport: 23.6 km Oakville vs 12.3 km Brampton+92%
Residents: 213,759 Oakville vs 656,480 Brampton−67%
Basic utilities, 85 m²: €144 Oakville vs €225 Brampton−36%
Unemployment: 11.7% Oakville vs 13.3% Brampton−12%
A meal out: €15 Oakville vs €11 Brampton+40%

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Vancouver as a Brampton alternative in the same country

Better on 5 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Unemployment: 9.0% Vancouver vs 13.3% Brampton−32%
Median gross pay, city: €3,785 Vancouver vs €3,137 Brampton+21%
Basic utilities, 85 m²: €87 Vancouver vs €225 Brampton−61%
Median gross pay, region: €2,702 Vancouver vs €2,331 Brampton+16%
A meal out: €17 Vancouver vs €11 Brampton+63%
Annual PM2.5: 2.5 µg/m³ Vancouver vs 3.5 µg/m³ Brampton−30%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,438 (2024) Vancouver vs 4,296 (2025) Bramptonno percentage

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Cities near Brampton

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Mississauga 13.2 km away

Salary: 3,622 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Milton 21.6 km away

Salary: 4,167 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Alternative cities in Canada

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All Canada cities

Surrey633,234 residents Vancouver706,012 residents Mississauga717,961 residents Hamilton597,010 residents Winnipeg749,607 residents Québec557,390 residents

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#9 of 30 in Largest cities in Canada

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Common questions

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How many people live in Brampton?

The published population was 656,480 people in 2021. Source: Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Brampton (Census subdivision 3521010).

Is the air quality good in Brampton?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 3.5 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate..

How safe is Brampton?

What is the typical salary in Brampton?

The median gross salary is about 3,137 EUR/month (2020). The regional series (home-region basis, 2020) is a separate labelled row in the table. Source: Statistics Canada.

What is the unemployment rate in Brampton?

The unemployment rate is 13.3 % (May 2021). Source: Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population.

What is the typical salary around Brampton?

The median gross salary is 2,331 EUR/month. Source: www150.statcan.gc.ca.

Is Brampton a good place to live?

Brampton may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Brampton?

Mississauga, Milton are near Brampton. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Asia live in Brampton?

The official country of birth distribution records 236,120 people (68.7%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Brampton, Canada: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version aefd5c1cd7300e7975b61e7ebb6e72b9]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ca/brampton/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_brampton-canada-population-rent-salary-cost-of-living_fd80214eb66f,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Brampton, Canada: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {aefd5c1cd7300e7975b61e7ebb6e72b9},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ca/brampton/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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